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5 Tips to Sharpen Your Knife

Knife sharpening can be an art form. It can also be a simple task once a month or whenever your blade gets dull. For this…

Written by PATRICK MURPHY

10 Knife Types: Outdoor Blades

From the humble pocketknife to serious “survival” blades, this tutorial breaks down 10 common (and some not so common) types of outdoor blades. Daggers, throwing…

Written by PATRICK MURPHY

Folding Bike With A Need For Speed

Sure, folding bikes are great for storage and portability, but how about the actual ride? We put Tern’s top-end Verge X10 to the test this…

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Exclusive Q&A with the Gunny: Listen Up!

Former marine drill instructor, actor and SOG Knives Ambassador R. Lee Ermey aka the Gunny has no qualms with telling it like it is. We…

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Inside the Mind of a Knife Designer

The inspiration for SOG Knives was born in the jungles of Vietnam. 25 years later, the brand has expanded into a full line of innovative…

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Video: ‘Fast & Light’ Gear Episode

Foot lube, a titanium spork, boots, trekking poles, and an ultra-light pack. These are a few of the items highlighted in our latest “Fast &…

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‘Treasure Hunt: Roanoke’ 2011 Race Results

Congrats to all participants in our 2011 “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event! Here are the official tallied race results with name, course time, and overall rank.…

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Video: ‘What is Gear Junkie?’

New “backgrounder” video introduces Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold and reveals a bit about the roots of the GJ project and blog. Watch for a…

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The Gear Junkie Show: Iceland!

In collaboration with Trails.com, Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold hosts a new video series. Episode No. 2 was shot last summer on a volcano in…

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Wenger Patagonian Race Report #6

“T.C., can you be ready in five minutes?” shouted the voice attached to the hand shaking my shoulder. I was only two hours into my…

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Wenger Patagonian Race Report #5

As Team Adidas disappeared into the forest, Sam, Paul and I hurried to set our tent up and escape the cold. Two 40-degree, waist-high water…

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Wenger Patagonian Race Report #4

In the starkest of contrasts, I’ve gone from living and suffering in the wet wilderness to sitting in a posh (for this area of the…

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Wenger Patagonian Race Report #3: Day one

In a dust cloud of whirring, rattling, clacking bikes, the riders began the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition race. Their whistles and whoops soon quieted as…

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How to Spot (and Treat) Altitude Sickness

HAPE and HACE. These are four-letter words no mountaineer wants to hear. As forms of altitude sickness, HAPE (high-altitude pulmonary edema) and HACE (high-altitude cerebral…

Written by Stephen Regenold

Welcome to Everest Base Camp

A subterranean stream gurgles in the glacial ice beneath my feet. An avalanche crashes, ice pillars tumbling down, in the Khumbu Icefall above. Welcome to…

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Gear Junkie Treks to Gorak Shep

The trek to Mount Everest Base Camp is almost complete. The first wave of the Expedition Hanesbrands team, including lead climber Jamie Clarke and myself,…

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Gear Junkie Treks to Pangboche

The Gear Junkie meets expedition leader Jamie Clarke at 13,000 feet in the village of Pangboche.

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Trek to Namche Bazaar

It’s been a little more than two days since my last update. But in that short time, the trajectory I am on from Kathmandu to…

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Zero Hour for Gear Junkie

It’s time to head out. Time to double-check my list, kiss the kids goodbye, and get on a plane to Kathmandu!

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